{"nrhp_refnum":"88002438","name":"US Post Office-Troy","other_names":["Troy Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"400 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.73141992200004,"lon":-73.68863117199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, steel-frame, limestone-clad post office at 400 Broadway, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, designed in 1936 and completed in 1938 by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding example of 1930s federal architecture in New York State, built in a stripped-down Classical Revival style with streamlined ornament. It is also notable as a work of the Supervising Architect's own office rather than consulting architects. Its lobby holds two 1938 murals by Waldo Pierce, painted for the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Located at 400 Broadway in downtown Troy, this two-story post office was designed in 1936 by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon and completed in 1938. Its steel frame is clad in limestone, with two-story pilasters on the Broadway and Fourth Street facades, rusticated end bays and carved stars-and-stripes ornament. The style is a streamlined Classical Revival with Greek Revival roots and echoes of 1930s Modernism. It replaced an 1894 Romanesque federal building with a clock tower, which was demolished despite public objection. The project was authorized to help relieve Depression-era unemployment. Inside, the public lobbies keep original marble, terrazzo and plaster features, along with many teller windows. Two murals by Waldo Pierce, \"Rip Van Winkle\" and \"Legends of the Hudson,\" were painted in 1938 for the Treasury's Section of Fine Arts. The building is significant for its architecture and its art, and it remains in use as a post office.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1938; 1939)","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Classical Revival (\"stripped-down\" Classical Revival with Greek Revival inspiration and Modernist influences)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and occupied; it serves as a government post office, with some modern alterations such as a lobby vestibule, a fire escape and a vehicular ramp.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.963531-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002438.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002438/7259f7edd3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002438/7259f7edd3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TroyPostOffice2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TroyPostOffice2.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001527","name":"Central Troy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-troy-historic-district-86001527/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314492","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Troy,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387681"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/us-post-office-troy-88002438/"}